Improvement in plows



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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

JESSE wannnw, or ennns FALLS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 6.620, dated July 31, 1849.

To all whom i t may concern:

Be it known thatI, JESSE \VARREN,of Glens Falls, in the county of \Varren and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows, which I denominate iVarrens Changeable Butterfly Plow, of which the following is a full and exact description, reference being had to thedrawings hereunto subjoined, which delineate the connection and form of the several parts, and making part of this specification.

Figure l is an elevation 'of the left or land side of the plow. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the right or furrow side of the same. rear elevation of the plow. Fig. 4. is a sectional elevation of the landside, the land-bar and combined bed-point being removed. Fig.

5 is a sectional perspectiveview of the front part of the plow, the share and combined out,

ter and bed-point being removed. Fig. 6 is'a perspective view of the combined cutter and bed-point detached. Fig. 7 isa perspective and inverted view of the share detached. Fig.

13 is an elevation of the landside of the bedpoint, alsodetachcd. Fig. 9 is a view of the inner and lower edge of cutter or clearer. Fig. 10 is a view of the inside of the land-bar, and section showing its attachment to the land- Fig. 11 is an insideview of the mold board detached.- Fig. 12 is an elevation and top edge view of the adjustive mold-board .de-

tached. Fig. 13 is a plan or top view of the shield and cutter and a section of thedandside, showingthe notched mortise F in which the shield-is secured. Fig. 14 is an elevation of the inside of the landside, showing the bed or extensionon which the front end of the mold-board, combined cutter, and bed-point are secured, the trapezoidal plate being in its proper position. Fig. 15-is a plan of thetrapezoidal connectingplate. Fig. 16 is a sectional view of the pendent arm E andadjusti'vewheelE.

The references used inthe specification designate the same parts in the several figures.

The character of my invention'and improvements in the plow consists in the construction and combination of the-combined cutter and bed-point with the mold-board; also, in constructing the mold-boardin two pieces or seetions,.the upper half of which being movable and made adjustivte by means of a hook-bar Fig. 3 is a"- to give more or less turn to the sward in plowin g, and also adapting the mold-board for va-' rious kinds of soil; and in combining-with the plow next to its landside a. sustaining and gaging wheel for gaging the depth of the furrow and relieving the plow; likewise, in placing a horizontal adjustive leveler and weedcutter in front of the sustaining-wheel, fixed to a shield projecting up in front and over the wheel to protect it.from accident; also, the manner of attaching and securing the rear end ot' the mold-board permanently to the inside of the landsideof the plow by meansof a trapezoidal-shaped connecting-plate bolted to the landside; and likewise the manner of securing the land-bar to the landside of the plow, a

particular description of the construction, connection, and use of the several features above mentioned being as follows:

The material of which my improved plow is constructed is chiefly castairon. The beam A, the landside B, and the standard or sheth O are cast in a single piece, and are of the form representedin the drawings, the standard or shet-h G being extended at G to form a support for the handles D, to which they are attached by screw-bolts. 1

E is the gaging and sustaining wheel, secured next to the landside to the'lower end of apeudent bar, E, by means of a horizontal stud, h, on the neck of which it turns, the shank being square and provided with triangnla-r-shaped'cogs h on its vertical sides,which fit into corresponding-shaped notches in'the sides of the mortise E Figs. 2 and 16, in which it is secured by means of a bolt, 0, passed through it and screwed fast by a nut, c, said pendent bar E being firmly bolted to the upper end of the standard or sheth at O. This wheel can be raised orlowered in the mortise E by unscrewing the nut e and moving the cogged shank of the stud h from one notch to the other, and made fast by the nut e, in order that a greater or less depth of furrow, may be cut,'said;wheel being designed" time sans ATET area.

IUs'rIN MULHERN, or s'r. LoUIs, MISSOURI.

APPARATUS FOR FILTERING WATER, 8w.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 6,621, dated Ju1y 31, 1849.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JUs'rIN MULHERN, of the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for Purifying and Cooling the Mississippi River WVater, or other Impure Water, by the Combined Action of Settling and Upward Filtration; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, Figure 1, being a vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 2, a horizontal section in the line 00, w, of Fig. 1.

My water purifying apparatus consists of an oblong rectangular box, in which is arranged series of settling chambers and filtering compartments, in the manner represented in the drawings; in which simllar letters indicate like parts in both figures.

A, is a large settling chamber, or reservoir, located at one end of the oblong box, into which the impure water is first admitted to the apparatus.

B B B B B B and B are filtering compartments; and C, is a pure water chamber,-located at the opposite end of the box from A.

Perforated plates h. and is, form the top and bottom of each filtering compartment; the side Z, of each filtering compartment descends from the top, or cover of the oblong box, to the bottom perforated plate is; and the side m, of each filtering compartment, is connected by a water tight joint to the bottom of the box, and rises to the top perforated plate It as represented in Fig. 1. Between each of the filtering compartments, are the wells or spaces 79, which descend into the settling chambers 12, located below each filtering compartment.

\Vater is admitted into the chamber A, in which it should be allowed to rise to within an inch or two of the top of the box, or a short distance above the tops of the series of filtering compartments; at which height it may be kept by a ball cork, or other suitable device.

The water will filtrate from the chamber A, by the force of its gravity, up through the filtering compartment B from which it will flow into and descend in the space p, to the settling chamber n, under the filtering compartment B from which it will filtrate up through the compartment B and tween the compartments B and B to the settling chamber a, under B and so on through the entire series of filtering compartments, and settling chambers to the pure flow into and descend in the space 19, be-

water reservoir 0, at the opposite end of thegot box.

A portion of the muddy impurity in the water will be deposited in the chamber A; another portion will be separated by the filtering material in the compartment B and another portion will be deposited in the settling chamber a, under the compartment B and thus the operation will be continued through the entire series of filtering compartments and settling chambers, till the water reaches the chamber, or reservoir C; when it will be found to be perfectly translucent, and considerably cooler than when it left the chamber A, at the opposite end of the box.

By an apparatus composed of seven filtering compartments, with a cover on the box to keep them from the air, I find that in very warm weather, water in the pure wa ter reservoir C, is fifteen degrees colder than it is in the chamber A.

A waste pipe D, passes longitudinally under the oblong box (composing the external portion of the water purifying apparatus), and which is connected with the settling chambers n, a, under the filtering compartments, by the series of stop cocks F, F.

E, is a pipe placed at the side of the apparatus, which is connected with ezmh of the filtering compartments by tubes closed by the plugs g, g. V

Vhen a filtering compartment requires cleansing the cock F, beneath it, is opened, and water is poured into the top of the compartment, which flows through and removes the impurity from the filtering material and passes into the waste pipe D; the space 79, and settling chamber a, is atthe same time cleansed by inserting a brush of suitable shape, (as represented in Fig. 3), and pouring in the requisite quantity of water from above.

To prevent the stoppage of the filtering operation in the apparatus while a filtering compartment is being cleansed; the filtering compartment undergoing the cleansing operation, may be disconnected from the side pipe E, by the insertion of the plug 9, and the filtering compartments immediately in 

